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Updated 4/18/2026

Family Muricidae

INDO-WEST PACIFIC / HAWAII

Homalocantha pele

Midway Atoll, 40 feet

 


Oahu (Padgett Carpenter collection)

Kewalo Hump, Oahu, 90 feet

 


Midway, 50 feet

PELE'S MUREX

Uncommon on limestone reefs deeper than 30 feet.  White shell may be tinted with purple, red, or yellow.  Feeds upon boring mussels in limestone or Porites coral.  Attains at least 2.4 inches, 60 mm.  Maldives to Vanuatu and Hawaii  Formerly known as Homalocantha anatomica pele.